Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has stressed that jihadists located in Syria's Qalamun region and on the outskirts of the northeastern town of Arsal in Lebanon are not able to enter the Bekaa Valley.

“We are fully prepared” for such a scenario, Nasrallah was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea traveled to Saudi Arabia on Monday evening on an “official visit.”

“The chief of the LF party left this evening for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia via Beirut's airport, on an official visit during which he will meet with top Saudi officials,” Geagea's press office said in a statement.

Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan on Monday said Tehran has a “duty” to supply Lebanon with weapons, noting that Iran's proposed military grant has become “ready” to be sent to Lebanon once it receives the approval of the government in Beirut.

“Iran has the will to confront the takfiri, Zionist and seditious movements in the region,” Dehqan said during a second round of talks with his Lebanese counterpart Samir Moqbel, who began a three-day visit to Iran on Saturday.

The Kataeb Party urged on Monday officials to exercise their national duties in order to end the political deadlock in the country that has affected various sectors of the country.

It said in a statement after its weekly politburo meeting: “Officials need to carry out their simplest national, constitutional, and political duties to extract Lebanon and its institutions from the political quagmire they have been suffering from for years.”

The Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front released Monday a video in which Lebanese soldier Omar Khaled Shamtiyeh announces his defection from the army.

Shamtiyeh accused the military of being “subordinate to” Hizbullah and of “killing the Sunni youths” in the North without any valid justification.

Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat on Monday called for the closure of the Naameh garbage landfill, pointing out that its residents have been enduring environmental hazards and this issue is "no longer acceptable."

He threatened to "expose" facts in case the government did not end this problem.

The families of the abducted soldiers and policemen gave on Monday the government a 48-hour ultimatum to resolve the case of their sons, warning of a “Day of Anger.”

The relatives announced in a press conference from Riad al-Solh square near the Grand Serail that Wednesday will be a “Day of Anger.”

Health Minister Wael Abou Faour warned on Monday that Lebanon could be exposed to Ebola because Lebanese expatriates are present in countries where the virus is spread but promised measures to prevent infection cases in the country.

Abou Faour denied that the virus was present in Lebanon and said his ministry was cooperating with the foreign ministry to take extraordinary measures at Lebanese embassies in the African states where the virus is spread.

Extremist groups are set to launch a wide attack on north Lebanon, according to French intelligence reports that were conveyed to Lebanese authorities.

As Safir newspaper reported on Monday that the concerned authorities received a French tip off that extremists will launch their attack from the northern district of Akkar.

The head of the international tribunal's defense office, Francois Roux, has said the renewal of the court's mandate was necessary to continue the trial in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's Feb. 2005 assassination case.

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is currently hearing witness testimonies. This stage won't end by March 2015 and would be followed by the defense teams' presentation of evidence, Roux told As Safir newspaper in an interview published on Monday.